#DAE049#DAE049

#DAE049 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.168 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DAE049
RGB	rgb(218, 224, 73)
HSL	hsl(62, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(62, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.7%, 0%, 67.4%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.35, -20.10, 69.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.35, 72.53, 106.09°)
OKLab	oklab(87.55% -0.0618 0.1559)
OKLCH	oklch(87.55% 0.168 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.7735, 68.6992, 16.5716)
Luminance	0.6870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DAE049 #4F49E0

analogous

#E09A49 #DAE049 #8EE049

triadic

#DAE049 #49DAE0 #E049DA

tetradic

#DAE049 #49E09A #4F49E0 #E0498E

square

#DAE049 #49E09A #4F49E0 #E0498E

split-complementary

#DAE049 #498EE0 #9A49E0

monochromatic

#909519 #C3C922 #DAE049 #E5E97D #EFF2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#DAE049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.74

#DAE049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DAE049

14.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DAE049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DAE049	1.00	1.42	14.74	14.74
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D632

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DA54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9D3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #dae049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(218, 224, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.168 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9e984',
    500: '#dae049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #dae049;
$custom-light: #e9e984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#dae049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 218,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.384,
    "s": 70.892,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87546,
    "c": 0.16775,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.68698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DAE049

secondary

#38349A

accent

#3AEE41

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFCF2

border

#D6D5CC

text

#17160B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #DAE049

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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